# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Filter internal sentinel messages before user delivery

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where internal system messages (home-channel prompts, interrupt status text) leak through to end users on Telegram and possibly other gateways. The cluster covers the bug report and multiple fix attempts targeting the gateway layer to drop these sentinel values before chat delivery.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #59559. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #59559 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-59559`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #7921: Bug: Telegram users can receive internal system messages like home-channel setup and interrupt status text

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59559: fix(gateway): drop interrupt sentinel before chat delivery (salvage of #56841 by @waseemshahwan)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_telegram_noise_filter.py`
- **#11947: fix(gateway): stop leaking home-channel prompt and interrupt text to users**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#56841: fix(gateway): drop interrupt sentinel before chat delivery**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#59559`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #59559 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-06`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`